Test chambers and test procedures for in situ toxicity testing with zooplankton

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1956-1964

  Pereira, Anabela Maria Maia ^a   Soares, Amadeu Mortagua Velho DA Maia ^a   Gonçalves, Fernando ^b   Ribeiro, Rui ^a  

^a Instituto Do Ambiente e Vida   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Daphnia magna; Field validation; In situ testing; Test development

Indexed keywords

IN SITU TEST; METHODOLOGY; TOXICITY TEST; ZOOPLANKTON;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 0040888724     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1999)018<1956:TCATPF>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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